Heel-drying apparatus



July 15 1924. 1,501,633

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ATTORNEY.

Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED T'nAnnEiis a TYLER, or HAvEaHiLL, MAss-Acrinsritrs.

HEEL-DRYING APPARATUS.

Application filed November 29, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TI-IADDEUS F. TYLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Havel-hill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel-Drying Apparatus, of which the following is aspecifi'cation; I

This invention relates to ad'rying reel, designed primarily for use in connection with the drying of a cementiti'ous or adhesive substance applied to Wooden shoe heels prior to the securing thereto of a covering therefor, such covering being leather, fabric, or other desirable material, but it is to be understood that a drying reel in accordance with this invention can be employed for any purposes wherein it is foundapplieable, and the invention has for its Object to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a heel carrying reel for the purpose referred to, where by the cementitious or adhesive material applied to the wooden heel, will, after the application of such substance and mounted on the reel, be more expeditiously and uniformly dried than by the method new in general use, so as to provide fer an increased output, a saving in expense, and the reduction of defective heel coverings to a minimum.

The method now in general use as employed for the drying of 'ceinentitious or adhesive coated heels is that after the cement has been applied thereto, they are mounted on a board. the latter supporting several heels. Upon the row of heels'o'n one board is mounted another board for the reception of additional coated heels and this manner of supporting the coated heels is continued untila steel: is set up supporting thirty-six pair or more heels, and the heels are removed from the top of the stack or pile for the pur pose of covering them, therefore, it is obvious that the heels from the top of thestack or pile are not as dry as the heels that were cemented first. After the cement has become hard, or dried, the covering is applied to the heel in any suitable manner, but if the cement is not dry there is aliability of the entry of air between the heel and cover, under such conditions eausiilg the formation of a blister and providing a defective heel. To overcome the necessity, in accordance with the method now in use, of remeving the heels last cemented for covering purposes is the primary object of the invention, and to Serial No. 603,955.

this end the invention aims to provide a reel or apparatus in a manner as hereinafter referred to, having means whereby the heels first cemented can be thoroughly dried and conveniently remove independently of the heels secondly cemented and dried.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a drying reel forthe purpose set forth which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, compact, thoroughly efficient in its use, conveniently operated, readily assenibled and comparatively inexpensive.

Vith the "foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists of the novel eonstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended; i 'In the drawings r'vherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views I Figure 1 is an end elevation of a reel in accordance with this invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation, Figure is a top plan view 'of one of the drum shafts,

Figure 4 is an elevation, broken away, illustrating a plurality 'of hii'iged supporting plates forming the body of a drum,

Figure 5 is an edge view of Figure 4, Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating one of the resilient heel retainers,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view illustrating the means for detachably connecting a drum to the reel body,

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form of drum, 7

Figure 9 is an end view, broken away, of a modified form of drum, Figure 10 is a perspective View, broken away, of heel retainer elements employed in the modified druin construction shown in Figure 8. H

Referring the drawings in detail, 1 and drying 2 denote a pairof standards, having mounted in the upper end thereof a reel 3, provided near one end with a notched 4i, and having secured near each end a series of disposed spokes 5, each having its outer end provided witha four way cou pling 6. The couplings 6, at the outer ends of each series of spokes 5, are connected together by segment shaped members 7 to form a reel head. Projecting outwardly from each coupling 6, is an arm 8, formed with a yoke-shaped supporting member 9, with the arms thereof apertured as at 10. The openings in the arms of each member 9, align and extending through the aligning openings is a coupling pin 11. Pivotally supported as at 12, on the upper end of the standard 1, is a locking lever 13, formed with a nose 1-1, which is adapted to engage in the notches of the disk 4, for the purpose of locking the reel body in the position to which it has been shifted.

Carried by and suspended outwardly with respect to the reel body is a series of revolvable supporting drums, as shown four in number, but the number of drums will correspond to the number of spokes 5. Each supporting drum consists of a spindle 15, having fixed thereto a pair of spaced head plates 16, each formed with a circular row of openings 17.

The arms 8, of one reel head align with the arms 8 of the other reel head and mounted in the members 9, carried by the aligning arms 8, are the spindles 15, and which are retained in the members 9, by the coupling pins 11, as clearly shown in F igure 1.

Each of the supporting drums further includes a series of rectangular supporting plates 18, which are hinged together as at 19, and mounted on the head plate 16 of the drum. Each of the supporting plates 18, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 4-, 5 and 6, is provided with a series of pairs of outwardly project-- ing yoke-shaped keeper members 20, and each pair of keeper members 20 loosely couples a resilient heel retaining member 21, to the supporting plates 18. Each of the resilient heel retaining members is U-shaped and has each arm thereof torsionally twist-- ed as at 22, so as to engage over the heel-23, as clearly illustrated in Figure The keeper members 20 are arranged at the base of theretainer members 21.

To prevent the rotation of the supporting drums, with respect to the reel body, each spoke 5, is provided with a locking lever 2 1, engageable in any one of the openings 17 of the head plate of a drum to prevent movement of. the latter.

Both head plates 16, may be provided with openings 17 and locking levers 2-1 can be arranged on the spokes at each end of the reel body, preferably however, but one head plate 16 will be provided with openings 17, and locking levers 2 1 only arranged at one end of the reel body.

Thecoupling pins 11, which preferably are split, are connected with the members 9,

by short chains 25 and which prevents the loss of these members. The chains are connected with eyes 26, on the members 9, and to the apertured heads 27, of the coupling pins 11.

The lengtl'i of the supporting drum may be any suitable length desired and the number of resilient heel retaining members carried by each plate 18 can also be of. any number desired, preferably however, each plate 18 is designed to support eight heels and each drum supports sixtyfour heels, as the supporting drums are octagonal in contour and include eight supporting plates 18.

Figures 8, 9 and 10, illustrate a modified form of supporting drum, and the modification resides in. the heel retainer members, and referring to said Figures 8, 9 and 10, 28 indicates the supporting plates of the drum which are hinged together as at 29, and each of which is formed with a longitudinally extending row of spaced openings 30, arranged near one longitudinal edge of the plate 28. Secured to the outer face of the plate 28, and arranged in proximity to the other longitudinal edge thereof, as well as being positioned in alignment with the openings 30, is a series of spaced and undercut holding members 31, against which the heels 32 are positioned. The holders 31, overlap the heels 32, see Figure 8. Arranged in each supporting drum, in proximity to each plate 28, is a rock shaft 33, carrying a series of resilient heel retaining members 34, which project through the openings 30, and are adapted to be shifted to engage the heels 32, as shown in Figure 8, and in connection with the holders 31 detachably couple the heels 32 to the plate 28. The head plates of the supporting drums are indicated at 35, 36, and the shafts 33 are mounted therein. The shafts 33, project outwardly from the head plate 36 and eachis provided with a locking lever 37, engaging with a rack 38, for the purpose of locking the shaft 33 in position to maintain the members 34 in engagement With the heels For the purpose of explanation the supporting plates 18 of each drum, are indicated in Figure 1 by the reference letters A, B, G, D, E, F, G, and H. An opening 17 associates with each supporting plate. The heels 32, after being coated with cement are mounted on the plate A, the drum is then unlocked and shifted to position the plate B in convenient reach of the operator and after which the coated heels are mounted on the plate-B. This operation is contin ued until each of the supporting plates has attached thereto a series of heels coated with a cementitious or adhesive substance. After the drum is intermittently revolved in the manner as stated, each supporting plate is shifted in position to receive a series of coated heels. After the coated heels have been positioned on the plate H, the drum is locked and the reel body shifted which carend filled with heels in the same manner as that referred to in connection with the drum indicated at M.

When each of the supporting drums has had the necessary number of heels connected therewith, the reel body will have been shifted so that the drum indicated M will arrive at the point where the drum indicated N is positioned and by this time, the coating on the heels carried by the drum M is thoroughly dry. The coupling pins 11 are detached and the drum indicated M, with the heels thereon, is removed from the reel body and transported to any desirable point so that the heels can be removed and the coverings therefor ap lied.

The drum can a so be utilized for holding the covered heels until the cement for securing the covers has hardened.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, a heel drying apparatus is set up which provides for expeditiously and uniformly drying a cement coating as well as the covering, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as shown, yet it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction can be had without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

hat I claim is 1. A heel drying apparatus including a polygonal shaped drum including a lurality of supporting plates, and means or detachably securing a plurality of heels to each of said plates.

2. A heel drying apparatus including a stationary support, a shiftable reel body carried thereby, a plurality of polygonal shaped shiftable drums suspended from said reel body and shiftable with and independently of the reel body, each of said drums including a plurality of supporting plates provided with means for detachably securing a plurality of heels therewith.

3. A heel drying apparatus including a stationary support, a shiftable reel body carried thereby, a plurality of polygonal shaped shiftable drums suspended from sald reel body and shiftable with and independently of the reel body, each of said drums including a plurality of supporting plates provided with means for detachably securing a plurality of heels therewith, means for locking said reel body from movement, and means for locking each of said drums from movement, the locking means for the druin s beingindependent of the locking means for thereed body;

4. A. heel drying apparatus including a support, a revolvable-element carried thereby, and a plurality of revolvable drums supported by said element, said drums bodily movable with said element and further independently revolvable with respect to said element, and means carried by each of said drums for detachably connecting rows of heels therewith.

5. A heel drying apparatus including a support, a revolvable element carried thereby, and a plurality of revolvable drums supported by said element, said drums bodily movable with said element and further independently revolvable with respeet to said element, and means carried by each of said drums for detachably connecting rows of heels therewith, means for locking said element from movement, independent means for each of said drums for locking the drums from movement, the locking means for the drums being independent of the locking means for said element.

6. A heel drying apparatus including a support, a revolvable element carried there by, and a plurality of revolvable drums supported by said element, said drums bodily movable with said element and further independently revolvable with respect to said element, means carried by each of said drums for detachably connecting rows of heels therewith, and means for detachably con necting said drums to said elements.

7. A heel drying apparatus including a support, a revolvable element carried thereby and a plurality of revolvable drums suspended by said element, said drums bodily movable with said element and further independently revolvable with respect to said element, and means carried by each of said drums for detachably connecting rows of heels therewith, means for locking said element from movement, independent means for each of said drums for locking the drums from movement, the locking means for the drums being independent of the locking means for said element, means for detachably connecting said drums to said element.

8. A heel drying apparatus including a plurality of supporting drums bodily movable in a circular path, means to provide for the bodily moving of said drums in a circular path and to permit of revolving each of said drums independently on its axis, a support for said means and means for detachably connecting a row of heels to each of said drums.

9. A heel drying apparatus including a plurality of supporting drums bodily movable in a circular path, means to provide for the bodily moving of said drums in a circular path and to permit of revolving each of said drums independently on its axis, asupport for said means and means for detaohably connecting to each of said drums a plurality of rows of heels.

10. A heel drying apparatusincluding a plurality of supporting drums bodily movable in a circular path, means to provide for the bodily moving of said drums in a circular path and to permit of revolving each of said drums independently of its axis, supporting means therefor, means for detachably connecting to each of said drums a plurality of rows of heels, and means for looking each of said drums to prevent movement of the drum on its axis.

11. A heel drying apparatus including a revolvable reel body, a support for said reel body, a series of revolvable supporting drums supported from and carried with said reel body, means to provide for independently revolving each of said drums on its axis, and a series of resilient heel retaining members carried by each of said drums.

12. A heel drying apparatus including a revolvable reel body, a support for said reel body, a series of revolvable supporting drums supported from and carried with said reel body, means to provide for independently revolving each of said drums on its axis, a series of resilient heel retaining members carried by each of said drums, locking means for each of said drums, and locking means for said reel body, the locking means for the drums being independent of' the locking means for the reel body.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature hereto.

THADDEUS F. TYLER. 

